How to handle a powerful competitor? – Introspective questions for small business?

Handling a powerful competitor is always a challenge for small business. Recently with the retail revolution, many Mom-pop shops that run with the small business structure are facing the pain. Added, to it, is the crude inflation control mechanism by Y.V.Reddy, the RBI Governor. The hike for two times in CRR rate, in the single month of July’08, is going to have desperate effect in small business, as small business is a sector which borrows significant amount from banks to run their business. In this context, having proper competitive plan, for powerful competitors, is important.

Following are the introspective questions of handling powerful competitors

1. Understand the powerful Competitor strategy. Are they ambushing? Are they aggressive? Alternatively, are they playing defensive?
2. What kind of alliances they have? Are they trustworthy to the powerful competitor
3. Can networking efforts be build to these alliances?
4. Could there be any alliances with the powerful competitor itself which can protect both of the parties interest. Recently big retail outlets are arranging space for local Mom-pop shops on the ‘left out’ product categories


This introspection could help to build a basic competitive strategy to handle powerful competitor.

Succession Planning in Small business

Most small business has a little understanding about the concept of business of business. There is a huge passion with the team. However, to see the entire business in an abstract level, there is need of objectivity. The entrepreneur is always in ‘do it yourself’ mode. The lack of objectivity remains as a constant problem in small business. In addition, the business lacks momentum on the situation, when the entrepreneur losses focus or does not feel the passion like earlier. A succession planning is a very important advantage in all these cases. Succession planning helps to create second line of leaders. This is very helpful on that business situation where the entrepreneur is an expert on one particular area of business .Creating second line of leaders makes the business much more organized. This way, succession planning has a dual advantage. One way it strengthens the HR scenario of small business, by enriching the aspiration level of second level of leaders. On the other hand, it also expands the capability of the organization to have diverse competency.

Managing Risk for Small Medium and Micro Enterprises of India

Small , Medium and Micro Enterprises play an critical role in the Employment generation of masses in India. They also have significant contribution on Export. According to 2001-02 censuses, they contribute 40% of the overall export. The foreign delegation, trade fairs and promotion activities helps to grow the market penetration of this small, medium and micro enterprises. However, the internet also plays a key role on go-to-export-market-strategy. The B2b exchanges help the small medium and micro enterprises to find its clientele. Most of the cases this helps to manage the payment uncertainty and risk management, with the involvement of a third party as a regulator of the deal structure between two parties. This way the system of b2b exchange can be a big facilitator for export growth of Small medium and micro enterprises of India along with help small, medium, micro entrepreneurs to manage risk and secure there payments properly.

The Wining Energy ......

Energy makes changes always. So this time it changed my Blog design . Same way , Nuke deal is expected to change a lot of things on the way Indian Energy Map . Some changes are already in its way in the political map of India . There are media reports, that there has not been such a week in Indian Political History , which provoked such a large scale change in the structure of Indian Politics .

As I said , Energy makes change always . That's the wining characteristics of Energy . It had also a killer side.

Suddenly Killer startup has recognised Allindialive.org as an 'Killer startup', which is the companion site of this blog.

http://www.killerstartups.com/Site-Reviews/allindialive-org-the-planning-portal

Looks like signs good omen , which Indicates that India is going to implement the Nuke deal and bring a broad base change in the energy map of India .

I am receiving of mails from my readers thanking me for covering the major policy and planning events in the blog , like Indian Budget , Sixth CPC, G8, Nuke Deal and creating a citizen perspective.

Thank you all for this compliments , these blog has been fascinating journey for me too.

The Majority in favor of Nuclear Deal

In a opinion poll conducted by the planning blog, majority stood in favor of Nuclear Deal. It is interesting to see that 90% of the votes of the opinion poll is in favor of Nuclear Deal. The results of poll stay in the right hand corner of this blog. It again shows that the citizen of Indian Republic wants the N-deal to be executed and they agrees with the statement ‘Come what may – The N-deal should be done “.

Oppose the Opposition: Come what may! The Nuclear Deal should be done!!

An Open letter to my Country Men

Oppose the Opposition: Come what may! The Nuclear Deal should be done!!

We do not have to listen to Prakash Karat. We do not have to listen to L. K. Advani. The documents are there, guiding the Nuclear Deal.

We, the people of Indian Republic, can take our own decisions.

Here is the list of the documents

1. The 123 Agreement- http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/aug/90050.htm
2. The Safeguards -http://www.dae.gov.in/press/IaeaIndiaSGADrft.pdf
The Hyde Act - http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_bills&docid=f:h5682enr.txt.pdf


It is funny to think, that somebody can even question our sovereignty .We have crossed those days of 1960 – 1970’s, when we are weak. The world says that we are one of the four great economic powers. We are as par with European Union, China and US .

Hyde act is something, which is internal regulation of US, and has nothing to do with us .The US parliament can wish, that, we will support them on their foreign policy. There can be an expectation, on this line, by Condoleezza Rice. However, we have not committed something on it. There is no obligation, that, we have, to follow them. Infact, there is an advantage. In earlier case, whenever we have done a nuclear test, we have faced bans in our sanctions. After signing the deal, we will not face a ban straight away. We will have opportunities to discuss and do diplomatic exercise, which if we do properly, we can avoid the banning altogether.

The Nuclear Deal is one of the greatest successes of Indian Foreign Policy after the dramatic shift in foreign policy, due to disintegration of Soviet Union. We are getting the Nuclear Fuel without signing a NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty). We are free to do our strategic nuclear program. Our civil nuclear program would be different from that. This is itself, a sign that India is a powerful country now, who is dictating its own terms. The question of sovereignty is useless and a more emotional question, than a practical one.

The Nuclear Energy would be a great help to our economic prosperity as the other energy sources goes down. If, we can import coal and oil ! Why cannot we import Uranium? In addition, this is just for transition period. This will not be a barrier on becoming ourselves self-sufficient. We can stop importing once we become self-sufficient.

This is one of the greatest achievements until date by our diplomats. Our neighboring countries are jealous about our clinching such a deal. Nothing, like this is going to happen in next 30 years. That’s why …Oppose the Opposition: Come what may !! The Nuclear Deal should be done !!

Who am I, to tell you all this? I, am just a citizen of India, like you. I, want my India, to grow and become more prosperous. I want, that we have adequate power, in all forms, that we can move in our path of progress smoothly.

Some politicians do not want so. They are ready to comprise the interest of the Nation, for there own parties agenda. Let us remind them, that a Nation interest is bigger, then the political parties. The progress of the nation makes them survive and become powerful. These people forget that, we have put them into power to take decision on the interest of the nation. They are just our representatives. In a representative democracy, if they do not work for the interest of the nation, we have the right to throw them out from power. Today, in the age of cyber-democracy, we do not have to wait for that, up to next election. We can do it right now.

We have done it repeatedly. We have done it in the time of French revolution. We have done it on the time of our own independence.

It is the time to do it again, for our energy Independence.

We have to oppose the opposition, to vote against the Nuclear Deal.

Oppose the Opposition: Come what may !! The Nuclear Deal should be done !!

We will use new system, new process to do that. Yes! We will use the tools of cyber-democracy, as every age has its own way to practice, democracy.

French revolution did it in a violent way, Indians in Independence movement, did it in a non-violent way.

Representing, technologically rich India, we will do it in a cyber way.

We will vote for the nuclear deal, using the following blog, where we have the voting panel in the right corner.

http://joydipchakladar.blogspot.com


That result of this vote will be automatically available to all the people after voting. We will then circulate it, to as many people we know, to make sure that the opposition leader gets our message. This will make them; think twice before voting against the nuclear deal.

It is a simple process. We all can participate in it. We can also circulate this mail, that there is more voting supporting on our resolution to -

Oppose the Opposition: Come what may ! The Nuclear Deal should be done!


Regards
Joydip Chakladar
A Citizen of India

Prakash karat’s obsolete hard-line costing India?

The alumni of JNU,Mr Karat, have much love for china. When China has moved on to new values and has made stronger association with US, Mr. Karat does not want us to move ahead. See a recent story by a leading daily on this

http://www.indianexpress.com/story/236313.html

Why does he want to deprive the nation, from the benefits of the nuclear deal ? A leading daily makes an interesting observation, about the Indian Political drama, where the interest of the Indian citizens seems to be the last option.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=b203b4fc-0a79-4982-b5de-131fa9ecf1bb&&Headline=Do+have+koffee+with+Karat

Mr. Karat is failing to understand that he is representing the democracy of India, Not China. Obviously, he has always right to think in his personal life, about what he thinks in regards to China.However, as, one of representative, of the people of India , he should put interest of India , in the first bracket. See an intersting article on a blog in this ...

http://offstumped.nationalinterest.in/2007/11/02/project-karat-chapter-3/

It is very interesting to note that he has completed his Msc. (Politics) from University of Edinburgh, and continuously suggesting India, to implement wrong foreign policies. At the same time he ask us not to do right alliances in International Circuit.

He opposed the India-US strategic alliances and the nuclear cooperation agreement. Does he not understand that how the world is jealous about the nuclear deal, which India has clinged, without signing the NPT (Non- Proliferation Agreement). No other country could get this level of diplomatic success .

I urge the General Secretary to go back to his university again and complete a refresher course in his Msc (Politics) with a special emphasis in Foreign Policy. He might have missed out those classes !